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Crisis line unusually busy the day after Super Bowl But Womenspace said there was no increase in the number of domestic violence calls on Sunday By Teri Meeuwsen Higher Education Reporter Womenspace experienced a large number of domestic vio lence concerns on Monday fol lowing Super Bowl Sunday. "Our crisis lines were very busy, and the Womenspace Do mestic and Sexual Violence Ad vocacy Center had so many walk in clients that we had to call for additional advocates,” statistical manager Stephanie Brown said. But with all the hits, slams and knock downs in the Super Bowl game, there was not an unusual amount of hits in the home on Sunday, according to Women space in Eugene. Womenspace, an organization that provides shelter and other services for abused women and children, reported no increase in the number of domestic violence calls on Super Bowl Sunday. Super Bowl Sunday has been the center of debate about whether or not domestic violence is caused by the game or other surrounding factors. But that feel ing is a myth, according to Wom enspace advocate Tonya Valedez. “There are not necessarily more instances of domestic violence [on Super Bowl Sunday], but I think people become more aware that it’s happening,” she said. “It’s a myth that the game causes do mestic violence, or the alcohol or the testosterone does it. People believe it when it’s really not the case.” Finding statistical evidence for these beliefs is difficult to come by, Valedez said. “We can’t really quantify it,” she said. "We can’t go up to peo ple’s houses and ask ‘Did you beat your wife today?’ We just can’t do that.” Although the Super Bowl did n’t seem to change the rate of do mestic violence calls to Women space, domestic violence is still a large concern, Valedez said. At least 4 million reported incidents of domestic violence against women are reported every year in the United States. Almost 20 per cent of these are aggravated as saults in the home. According to a Womenspace pamphlet, domestic violence is defined as emotional, physical, sexual and economic abuse. Every 15 seconds in the United States a women is battered by her husband, boyfriend or live-in partner, and domestic violence crosses all economic, cultural, racial and religious lines. Womenspace receives many types of domestic violence calls, one crisis-line worker said. "They vary so much,” she said. “We get calls from grandparents because they know their grand kids are getting hurt, or there are people who know others are be ing abused or the abuser is there with them.” When a person calls the crisis line, there are a number of things the crisis line operator tells them, Valedez said. “The most important thing we do is make them aware that it’s not their fault,” she said. “But we never tell them what to do. We give suggestions for the individ ual situation. If it’s happening right then and the abuser is there with them, we tell them to leave and cal 1 the police.” Educating the public about do mestic violence is a major con cern for Womenspace she said. There are different educational programs they offer to schools and in the training of police. “It’s really important to point out who’s responsible,” she said. "There are people who look at it and ask, ‘Why does someone think they can do this? 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